Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that farmers will be provided whatever quantity of urea they need. There will be no farmer in the State without supply of urea as per requirement.
The State is receiving 15,000 MT urea daily, he added.
For December, 3.70 lakh MT urea has been allocated. Central government has been urged to send more than that and assurance for the same has been given.
The Chief Minister informed that State Government was in constant touch with the Central Government regarding fertilisers.
Discussions have been held by him with Union Chemical and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar in New Delhi as well as over telephone from here. Additional allocation has been demanded from the Centre.
Accepting state government’s demand, the Centre has assured supply of urea as per state’s requirement. The Chief Minister has urged farmers not to make undue haste in lifting fertilisers and take as much as they need. Daily 5 rakes are being received from the centre to meet demands of all districts. Chouhan said that the state government is committed to farmers welfare.